Lives in Cricket No 16 - Joe Hardstaff

1949 Eng 24 40 9 2251 162* 72.61 8 12 5 1949/50 NZ 2 4 0 269 135 67.25 1 1 - 1950 Eng 19 30 4 1383 149* 53.19 5 5 2 1951 Eng 18 28 1 1157 247 42.85 3 4 3 1952 Eng 25 39 5 1597 144* 46.97 6 9 4 1953 Eng 24 38 3 887 83 25.34 - 7 4 1954 Eng 16 24 0 856 120 35.66 3 4 2 1955 Eng 14 23 0 741 134 32.21 1 6 3 Career 517 812 94 31847 266 44.35 83 166 123 Notes: Hardstaff was dismissed 366 times caught (51%); 237 times bowled (33%); 68 times lbw (9%); 20 times run out (3%); 18 times stumped (3%) and nine times hit wicket (1%). He was dismissed most often by T.W.J.Goddard and W.E.Hollies, ten times; by Amar Singh, A.R.Gover, W.J.O’Reilly and D.V.P.Wright, nine times; and by W.H.R.Andrews and J.H.Cornford, eight times. For Nottinghamshire, he played 408 matches, scoring 24,249 runs at 43.37 including 65 centuries, and taking 90 catches. First-Class Cricket: Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m 1959 4 1 18 0 - - - - 1931 Eng 19.5 3 86 2 2-14 43.00 - - 1932 Eng 21 1 57 0 - - - - 1933 Eng 18 1 94 1 1-37 94.00 - - 1934 Eng 16 1 62 0 - - - - 1935/36 Aus 2 0 3 0 - - - - 1935/36 NZ 2 0 3 0 - - - - 1936 Eng 2 0 19 0 - - - - 1936/37 Aus 2 0 23 0 - - - - 1936/37 NZ 3 2 4 0 - - - - 1937 Eng 2 0 10 0 - - - - 1937/38 Ind 4 0 18 1 1-4 18.00 - - 1938 Eng 6 0 34 0 - - - - 1939 Eng 14.1 1 85 2 1-31 42.50 - - 1943/44 Ind 4 0 23 0 - - - - 1944/45 Ind 25 3 109 2 1-18 54.50 - - 1946 Eng 8 2 26 1 1-8 26.00 - - 1946/47 Aus 14 1 50 3 3-24 16.66 - - 1947 Eng 135 18 399 8 4-43 49.87 - - 1947/48 WI 16 2 73 1 1-27 73.00 - - 1948 Eng 16.4 0 73 1 1-32 73.00 - - 1948/49 NZ 34 15 47 0 - - - - 1949 Eng 64 12 204 4 2-74 51.00 - - 1949/50 NZ 33 5 121 1 1-102 121.00 - - 1950 Eng 65.3 14 207 4 2-27 51.75 - - 1951 Eng 23.2 7 71 1 1-7 71.00 - - 1952 Eng 74.4 27 203 3 2-40 67.66 - - 1953 Eng 11.5 3 36 1 1-15 36.00 - - 1955 Eng 1 0 1 0 - - - - Career 6b overs 588.5 116 2141 36 4-43 59.47 - - 8b overs 32.1 2 Notes: Overs were of eight balls in Australia in 1935/36, 1936/37 and 1946/47 and in England in 1939. In all other seasons overs were of six balls. Hardstaff did not bowl in the English seasons 1930, 1935 and 1954, nor in New Zealand in 1938/39. He took wickets at the rate of one per 108 balls, and conceded runs at a rate equivalent to 3.30 per six-ball over. Of his 36 wickets, 17 (47%) were Career Statistics 131